When a horrifying crime scene unfolds in Detroit – the body of an 11-year-old boy is found fused together with a fawn – a detective and her daughter, a journalist, an artist, and a homeless man all deal with the ramifications of it in their own haunted ways. Alas, there is only 1 season of Stranger Things so far – season 2 is greenlit! – so if you like the show as much as I do, here are some books to tide you over until next summer. With its Steven-Spielberg-by-way-of-Stephen-King sense and old-school nerd sensibilities, it has appealed to a wide swath of viewers looking for something different yet familiar. I’m a fool for judging books by their covers.Stranger Things has become the hit TV show of the summer, and for good reason. If you were stuck in an alternate universe, would you keep Crab? Or hope for some other life-sized crustacean? Why do you think the author chose rottweiler skins for those two crazed guys? Why not cougar? Or wild hog? –If you were stuck in an alternate would you want Wonderland or Narnia? Why? This novel discusses early-onset puberty in girls. Popularity: 4–Broad general or fantasy reader appeal.įast-paced creepy offbeat sardonic gritty writing style Quality: 5–Hard to imagine it being a better written fantasy. The title of this novel offers an understatement of Ben’s experiences, and plays into the tongue-and-cheekiness of the whole tale. He was believable, particularly in his ordinariness. Ben was a fun, every-man sort of character who gets sucked into this world completely by accident.

There are elements of video games, Kafka-esque surrealness, and the whimsy of Wonderland and Narnia. Ben seems to accept that the best thing for him to do is STAY ON THE PATH. The creatures are completely implausible, and yet it’s best to just accept that this is how the story flows. The Hike is like if Alice from Wonderland was a dad, trapped in this other dimension in the Pennsylvania woods. But as long as Ben sticks to the path, he should be able to make it out alive, right? This is a playful story about Ben, a suburban dad, who on a routine business trip goes for a walk in the woods outside of his rural Pennsylvania hotel, and stumbles into another world full of terrifying creatures willing to do him harm.

$26.00/ CAN $35.00 (hardback)Īdditional formats: eBook audiobook MP3 CDīen goes for a walk in the woods. Publisher & date of publication: VIKING, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2016

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